Smithsonian

New York Mercury, August 14, 1758, facsimile

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In the 1750s, newspaper printers and their correspondents took the threat that the French posed to the British American colonies very serious. Newspapers not only covered the war effort, but they also promoted a unity of consciousness for colonists along the Atlantic seaboard.

Credits:$1 Bank Note, New York1861National Numismatic CollectionNational Museum of American History